Tag: Bike Route Alert

February 6, 2020

Trail Alert: Landslide closes section of the Preston-Snoqualmie Trail

A landslide has closed a section of the Preston-Snoqualmie Trail near Snoqualmie Ridge and Fall City, King County Parks said Thursday. The trail is closed between Preston-Fall City Road and Lake Alice Road. King County did not have an expected timeline for reopening at the time of publication. Details from King County Parks: Excessive rain…
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tagged: Bike Route Alert, king county parks, preston-snoqualmie trail
February 5, 2020

Trail Alert 2/6-8: I-90 Trail detour on Mercer Island

Sound Transit work on Mercer Island will close a section of the I-90 Trail starting Thursday and lasting through Saturday. And unfortunately, this stretch of N Mercer Way does not have bike lanes, so people biking will be directed to mix with car traffic. People walking will be directed to use a path on the…
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tagged: Bike Route Alert, mercer island
January 24, 2020

Bike Route Alert 1/27: Awful 2-week sidewalk detour on Montlake Blvd near SR 520 starts Monday

So you finally got used to biking around the SR 520 construction in Montlake, eh? I have bad news. It’s about to get way worse for two weeks. Starting as soon as Monday, people walking and biking on the east sidewalk, the current designated route, will have to cross Montlake Blvd twice to use the…
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tagged: Bike Route Alert, montlake, sr 520, wsdot
November 5, 2019

Trail Alert 11/7-9: Burke-Gilman Trail crosswalk and entrance work in Kenmore

King County Parks crews will repaint crosswalks and removing bollards at a set of Kenmore-area trail entrances starting Thursday and lasting as long as Saturday. The trail will not be completely closed, but expect delays getting through worksites. Details from King County Parks: People out on the Burke-Gilman Trail should expect some delays along the…
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tagged: Bike Route Alert
November 5, 2019

Trail Alert 11/7-9: Eastrail closed near Sound Transit construction

The Eastrail will be closed later this week near the under-construction Sound Transit light rail station in north Bellevue. The detour has folks leaving the trail near the South Kirkland Park and Ride and taking Northrup Way and 120th Ave NE to Spring Blvd. Only a short stretch of trail next to the site is…
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tagged: Bike Route Alert
October 11, 2019

Trail Alert 10/12-13: State will replace bumpy 520 Bridge Trail covers

It’s happening! WSDOT is going to replace all those abruptly bumpy expansion gap covers on the 520 floating bridge trail this weekend. Of course, replacing the covers means crews need to close the trail for the weekend starting 11 p.m. tonight (Friday) and continuing until 5 a.m. Monday. But the trail was going to need…
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tagged: 520 trail, Bike Route Alert, wsdot